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GC24: Killer Gamification: Engaging for Impact

Engaging Leader

Burnham, David (2002), “Inside the Mind of the World-Class Leader” Kim, Amy Jo (2012), “Social Engagement: Who’s playing?

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Deming 101: Kelly Allan’s Presentation at Our 2014 Annual Conference

Deming Institute

Kelly, in talking about Maslow’s work paraphrases Maslow as follows (about 1 hour and 2 minute mark): You cannot be all you can be unless you help others be all that they can be. And also the depth is such that you don’t exhaust the value in his ideas after a month or year or decade.

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I Joined Airbnb at 52, and Here’s What I Learned About Age, Wisdom, and the Tech Industry

Harvard Business Review

In early 2013 cofounder and CEO Brian Chesky approached me after reading my book Peak: How Great Companies Get Their Mojo from Maslow. I started a boutique hotel company when I was 26 and, after 24 years as CEO, sold it at the bottom of the Great Recession, not knowing what was next. That’s when Airbnb came calling.

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What Apple Gets Right with Its Smartwatch

Harvard Business Review

If Maslow was right, brands needed to target a single need, satisfy it well, and be done. But it turns out that Maslow wasn’t entirely right. Think of Campbell’s “Mmm-mmm Good” campaign at one end and Lexus’s “Relentless Pursuit of Perfection” at the other.

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Four Major Changes in Global Prosperity

Harvard Business Review

It was Abraham Maslow who gave us that famous observation — “when the only tool you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.” Our annual Prosperity Index –- the 2013 edition of which we released yesterday –- measures national prosperity based on eight core pillars that combine “hard” data with survey data.